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The Tomatometer is 60% or higher.

Rotten

The Tomatometer is 59% or lower.

Certified Fresh

Movies and TV shows are Certified Fresh with a steady Tomatometer of 75% or higher after a set amount of reviews (80 for wide-release movies, 40 for limited-release movies, 20 for TV shows), including 5 reviews from Top Critics.

The idea of this convict with this unstoppable will to be free amidst a sea of mediocrity trying to drown him is great and Newman performance does it justice, but the rest of the film, the script, all these little details that ring false ... they all seem to drag down what could have been a great film, like Luke is being dragged down in the story

That's the third strike in a row for Brit Marling as actress and co-writer. After Sound of my Voice and Another Earth, Brit departs from science fiction but continues to provoke us and ask tough questions with this suspenseful espionage thriller. I'm actually a bit surprised by the low attention it got, given the comparatively fast pace and familiar form this film adopts.

For once, I thought the film was better than the book !To be honest, I wasn't really convinced by the book when I read it. I thought the society and the fight game in particular felt kind of absurd or insufficiently explained.The film doesn't invent any new back story that explain the society better. But the screen allows the story to take life. And Jennifer Lawrence is superb.

A large part of the film felt ridiculous and i don't really know if the screenplay or the director are to blame. Probably both, but it was worth watching just to see how Cate Blanchett enact the transformation of the queen from an ingenue into ruthless ruler

What would Hollywood do without P. K. Dick ! ... or Emily Blunt. The sci-fi story is pretty interesting, even if it felt a little under-used in terms of special effect. But the main attraction is the chemistry between Emily and Matt Damon, they are just mesmerizing with their seemingly offhanded remarks they keep throwing at each other like the rest of the world (or the camera for that matter) wasn't even there.

The ending was bad on so many level ! It basically says : however bad you mess up, don't worry, you'll just have to make a cheesy 2 min speech at the end and all will be forgotten (including the worldwide bankruptcy).

Beautiful, touching, smart, harsh at times too. It's amazing the number of adjectives that pop to mind for a film whose two protagonist never speak, but dull isn't one of them : their acting and the camera work tells this poetic story much more effectively than any dialog would have. A must see

I'm not sure what scenes were added between the film shown to the critics and the extended version I saw, but it must have had most of the good stuff because I thought this film ROCKED!First, this film is original which is rare enough among today's films. It really is a feast for the eye both thanks to the gorgeous (and gorgeously scantly dressed) actresses and the visual effects. Some fights scenes do feel fake or a bit too long but most are stunning and the story with it's different layers and it's final twist was much more subtle than what I was expecting especially after reading a few reviews from the press.The soundtrack was another great surprise : unlike the collection of hit or hype songs usually jammed together for new Box Office contenders this soundtrack really resonates with what is shown onscreen, some of the cast lending their voices to cover half of the track-list while the rest sounds like they have been written specially for the film. The rendering of "Where Is My Mind?" featuring Emily (starring as Babydoll in the film) is especially cool and "à propos".

Don't be fooled by the poster. This beautiful movie easily overcome it's "hard to swallow" plot with great acting and creates a kind of surreal atmosphere that will transport you into the aerie fog of Ireland shores